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Fri, 18 Aug 2017 03:20:13 +0000Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Managementen-gbRepublican senator says Trump yet to demonstrate needed 'stability and competence'http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45302-republican-senator-says-trump-yet-to-demonstrate-needed-stability-and-competence.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45302-republican-senator-says-trump-yet-to-demonstrate-needed-stability-and-competence.htmlSenator Bob Corker, unleashing one of the most pointed attacks from a Republican official on President Donald Trump, said on Thursday the president had not yet shown the "stability and competence" the United States needs, nor an understanding of the nation's character.

"The president has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability, nor some of the competence, that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful," Corker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations, told reporters after an event in Tennessee.

]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveThu, 17 Aug 2017 19:06:04 +0000Democrats Renew Push to Probe Deutsche Bank Russia Scandalhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45249-democrats-renew-push-to-probe-deutsche-bank-russia-scandal.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45249-democrats-renew-push-to-probe-deutsche-bank-russia-scandal.htmlA handful of Democratic lawmakers have renewed their effort to get a powerful House Republican to investigate Deutsche Bank AG’s loans to President Donald Trump and the bank’s role in helping Russians move billions of dollars from Moscow to the west.

In a letter to Jeb Hensarling of Texas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Representative Maxine Waters of California, the committee’s ranking Democrat, urged him to issue subpoenas to Deutsche Bank. She wants to force the German lender to disclose its internal review of the so-called “mirror-trading” scandal that has cost the bank more than $600 million in fines and penalties, and a separate review it conducted concerning Trump, who borrowed more than $300 million in real estate loans years before running for office.
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveFri, 11 Aug 2017 18:34:02 +0000Hunt for Trump dossier author inflames Russia probehttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45179-hunt-for-trump-dossier-author-inflames-russia-probe.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45179-hunt-for-trump-dossier-author-inflames-russia-probe.htmlTwo Republican House Intelligence Committee staffers traveled to London earlier this summer to track down the former British intelligence operative who compiled a controversial dossier on President Donald Trump and Russia, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The previously unreported trip underscores the importance of the 35-page dossier Christopher Steele wrote last year to congressional probes into possible collusion between Moscow and the 2016 Trump campaign.
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveFri, 04 Aug 2017 21:38:56 +0000Senators move to protect Mueller inquiry from Trump interferencehttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45169-senators-move-to-protect-mueller-inquiry-from-trump-interference.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45169-senators-move-to-protect-mueller-inquiry-from-trump-interference.htmlSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller III received a bipartisan boost from Capitol Hill on Thursday, even as news broke that he’d moved to a more serious phase of his investigation of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election and whether Donald Trump’s campaign or associates colluded with Moscow to help him win the presidency.

In a clear warning to the president not to mess with Mueller, two bipartisan sets of senators Thursday proposed laws that would require judicial oversight of the firing of a special counsel.
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveFri, 04 Aug 2017 15:28:23 +0000Top Dem seeks documents from Flynn business partnerhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45162-top-dem-seeks-documents-from-flynn-business-partner.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45162-top-dem-seeks-documents-from-flynn-business-partner.htmlThe top Democrat on a House oversight committee has asked a business partner of the Trump administration's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, for documents detailing Flynn's foreign contacts and security clearance, according to a letter released Thursday.

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said in a letter to businessman Bijan Kian that he also wants Kian to produce documents relating to Flynn's travels and ties to foreign businesses. Cummings said Kian told military security clearance investigators in 2016 that Flynn had work relationships with foreign businesses. But Cummings has said that Flynn failed to report those ties.
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveThu, 03 Aug 2017 16:35:23 +0000Trump signs bill toughing sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Koreahttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45151-trump-signs-bill-toughing-sanctions-on-russia-iran-and-north-korea.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45151-trump-signs-bill-toughing-sanctions-on-russia-iran-and-north-korea.htmlPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a bill to strengthen sanctions against Russia, North Korea and Iran, a White House signing statement shows.

The signing statement indicates Trump expressed reservations about the bill's impact, saying it encroaches on presidential authority and may harm the United States' ability to work with allies on how to deal with Russia.
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveWed, 02 Aug 2017 16:04:16 +0000Senate confirms Wray as FBI directorhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45141-senate-confirms-wray-as-fbi-director.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45141-senate-confirms-wray-as-fbi-director.htmlThe Senate on Tuesday confirmed Christopher Wray as the new FBI director, filling a post left vacant since May when President Donald Trump fired James Comey. The vote was 92-5.

During his confirmation hearing in July before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Wray said he would not let politics influence his decisions.

"My loyalty is to the Constitution and to the rule of law," he said. "Those have been my guideposts throughout my career, and I will continue to adhere to them no matter the test."
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveTue, 01 Aug 2017 22:07:54 +0000Jeff Flake: My Party Is in Denial About Donald Trumphttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45138-jeff-flake-my-party-is-in-denial-about-donald-trump.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45138-jeff-flake-my-party-is-in-denial-about-donald-trump.htmlWho could blame the people who felt abandoned and ignored by the major parties for reaching in despair for a candidate who offered oversimplified answers to infinitely complex questions and managed to entertain them in the process?

With hindsight, it is clear that we all but ensured the rise of Donald Trump.

I will let the liberals answer for their own sins in this regard. (There are many.) But we conservatives mocked Barack Obama’s failure to deliver on his pledge to change the tone in Washington even as we worked to assist with that failure.

]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveTue, 01 Aug 2017 02:47:54 +0000Congress advised it has authority to undo any transgender military banhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45111-congress-advised-it-has-authority-to-undo-any-transgender-military-ban.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45111-congress-advised-it-has-authority-to-undo-any-transgender-military-ban.htmlIf President Donald Trump follows through on his declaration to ban all transgender military personnel, Congress could delay or even undo it, according to a new analysis from the legislative branch's research arm.

Trump, in a series of three tweets earlier this week, said that transgender men and women would not be allowed to serve in the ranks "in any capacity."The snap announcement took Pentagon leaders and members of Congress by surprise and sparked an immediate bipartisan backlash. While some House Republicans were seeking to limit health care benefits for transgender troops, no lawmakers were calling for outright abolition.
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveFri, 28 Jul 2017 20:37:31 +0000McCain, fighting cancer, turns on GOP and kills health billhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45102-mccain-fighting-cancer-turns-on-gop-and-kills-health-bill.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/45102-mccain-fighting-cancer-turns-on-gop-and-kills-health-bill.htmlSen. John McCain appeared poised to be the savior of the GOP health bill when he returned to the Capitol earlier this week despite brain cancer.

He turned out to be the bill's executioner.

In an astonishing development early Friday, the longtime Arizona senator turned on his party and his president, joining two other GOP senators in voting "no" on Republicans' final effort to repeal "Obamacare."
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